SONES v. HARGETT

No. 93-7646.

61 F.3d 410 (1995)

Glendle Ray SONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edward HARGETT, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail Nicholson (Court-Appointed), Gulfport, MS, for appellant.

Marvin L. White, Jr., Jo Anne McFarland McLeod, Asst. Attys. Gen., Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, MS, for appellee.

Before GARWOOD, JOLLY and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-appellant Glendle Ray Sones (Sones) appeals the district court's denial of his section 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

Facts and Proceedings Below

Following a March 1980 bench trial in Mississippi state court, Sones was convicted of burglary and, pursuant to the state's habitual offender statute, sentenced to life in prison without parole.1 Miss.Code Ann. §...

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